Good and Bad

[Sarinh]

So, I started yesterday, played a couple games, had fun, right? Went up against players that were also new, was thinking it had good matchmaking, then I play today, and literally only get games with people that are so far above me its ridiculous. How exactly am I supposed to even learn the game properly if I can't even get into a similarly skilled lobby? I'm sure ill just see the normal "git gud" comments, but like, am I just getting really bad queues or does the game have a terrible sbmm?

[Sarinh]

Yes, I know, it won't be so bad if i keep playing and getting better, but its hard to get better when i'm not even able to get off the ground in the first place

[Waryth]

There's TRAINING MODE for you to do. Everyone improves, NOBODY sucks at the game overtime. SBMM won't save you for your ignorance from refusing to learn the game with all the infos it has and actually going to TRAINING mode.

If you and your friends played together and one of them improved, SBMM won't separate you and your friends because YOU and your friends wants to play together and the game doesn't STOP you from doing that. This segregation because you refusing to learn won't do a thing, it won't get added.

This is why bots gets added in low tier matches because no other players are within your skill level when you play like a low tier bot too.

[James Tatsumi]

just because they are higher rank doesn't make them better. I'm already in Monarch rank and am still really bad at the game. Don't get discouraged.

[Aimee]

For me the start was very smooth sailing, once the game knew my skill level i got matched up with other players of that level. And it still remains that way, if i play worse i get worse players, if i play better i get better players.

Did you change the time you play at drasticaly, for example times many others might not play at. That might influence the matchmaking, or limit the players?
It could be that in your region at the times you play, there arent many players around.
Thats honnestly the only thing i can think about.

Most people probably play after dinner, in case that helps. Either way i hope your MM gets better soon.

[Aimee]

Originally posted by James Tatsumi:

just because they are higher rank doesn't make them better. I'm already in Monarch rank and am still really bad at the game. Don't get discouraged.

OP never mentioned rank, they are talking about skill.
Strinova is suppose to have Skill based Matchmaking (SBMM), that matches players based on preformance not on rank.

Rank is something for Ranked games only, and new players have not unlocked that by default. So im pretty sure this is about Challenge games.

[JohnRocket]

Originally posted by Sarinh:

So, I started yesterday, played a couple games, had fun, right? Went up against players that were also new, was thinking it had good matchmaking, then I play today, and literally only get games with people that are so far above me its ridiculous. How exactly am I supposed to even learn the game properly if I can't even get into a similarly skilled lobby? I'm sure ill just see the normal "git gud" comments, but like, am I just getting really bad queues or does the game have a terrible sbmm?

Aimlab, kovak helps you. Otherwise - better to not play.
Or play it like a gacha. Doing daily quests and than play in somthing that gives you fun.
I have choose second variant.

[Sarinh]

Originally posted by Aimee:

Originally posted by James Tatsumi:

just because they are higher rank doesn't make them better. I'm already in Monarch rank and am still really bad at the game. Don't get discouraged.

OP never mentioned rank, they are talking about skill.
Strinova is suppose to have Skill based Matchmaking (SBMM), that matches players based on preformance not on rank.

Rank is something for Ranked games only, and new players have not unlocked that by default. So im pretty sure this is about Challenge games.

No, not ranked yet, still doing challenge games. I'm hoping that once i get ranked unlocked it won't feel so rough.

[Sarinh]

Originally posted by Aimee:

For me the start was very smooth sailing, once the game knew my skill level i got matched up with other players of that level. And it still remains that way, if i play worse i get worse players, if i play better i get better players.

Did you change the time you play at drasticaly, for example times many others might not play at. That might influence the matchmaking, or limit the players?
It could be that in your region at the times you play, there arent many players around.
Thats honnestly the only thing i can think about.

Most people probably play after dinner, in case that helps. Either way i hope your MM gets better soon.

So i started last night, played maybe half a dozen games. Everything was fine, the matchmaking was fine, everything felt reasonable for a new player. Ended up getting on this morning, as well as periodically throughout the day, and just could not get into any queues that i could do even okay-ish in. Maybe the game just hasn't quite adjusted yet, but I'm not sure otherwise.

[Sarinh]

Originally posted by Waryth:

There's TRAINING MODE for you to do. Everyone improves, NOBODY sucks at the game overtime. SBMM won't save you for your ignorance from refusing to learn the game with all the infos it has and actually going to TRAINING mode.

If you and your friends played together and one of them improved, SBMM won't separate you and your friends because YOU and your friends wants to play together and the game doesn't STOP you from doing that. This segregation because you refusing to learn won't do a thing, it won't get added.

This is why bots gets added in low tier matches because no other players are within your skill level when you play like a low tier bot too.

1. When did i say anything about refusing to learn, if anything, I believe I was adamant on trying to learn.

2. The training pits you against bots that are, well, bots. It's a completely different experience playing against actual players

3. SBMM should be designed to match me with players of similar skill. That being said, I should not go from normal, fairly matched games to games where I get stomped the entire time for no real reason.

4. I'm not currently playing with anyone, nor did I imply such, so I'm not sure where any of that came from.

Can't say I'm surprised to see this comment, was bound to be at least one person

[0000]

Originally posted by Sarinh:

Originally posted by Aimee:

For me the start was very smooth sailing, once the game knew my skill level i got matched up with other players of that level. And it still remains that way, if i play worse i get worse players, if i play better i get better players.

Did you change the time you play at drasticaly, for example times many others might not play at. That might influence the matchmaking, or limit the players?
It could be that in your region at the times you play, there arent many players around.
Thats honnestly the only thing i can think about.

Most people probably play after dinner, in case that helps. Either way i hope your MM gets better soon.

So i started last night, played maybe half a dozen games. Everything was fine, the matchmaking was fine, everything felt reasonable for a new player. Ended up getting on this morning, as well as periodically throughout the day, and just could not get into any queues that i could do even okay-ish in. Maybe the game just hasn't quite adjusted yet, but I'm not sure otherwise.

You matched against bot for first 10 new match. Then, it's the real fish eat smaller fish pond. Pray that your team are the bigger fish than your opponent.

The matchmaking in this game is so random, you can be 3 big fish + 2 small fish, or 5 small fish, or 5 big fish.

Make that with the fact give up is 4/5 vote instead of 3/5 vote, you have the most unholy double whammy.

[Sarinh]

Originally posted by 0000:

Originally posted by Sarinh:

So i started last night, played maybe half a dozen games. Everything was fine, the matchmaking was fine, everything felt reasonable for a new player. Ended up getting on this morning, as well as periodically throughout the day, and just could not get into any queues that i could do even okay-ish in. Maybe the game just hasn't quite adjusted yet, but I'm not sure otherwise.

You matched against bot for first 10 new match. Then, it's the real fish eat smaller fish pond. Pray that your team are the bigger fish than your opponent.

That's understandable. Still, I don't want to be the person that needs to get carried every game, as it makes the game a lot less enjoyable. I was kinda hoping the SBMM wouldn't be putting me against people this much better than me, especially right out of the gates

[0000]

Originally posted by Sarinh:

Originally posted by 0000:

You matched against bot for first 10 new match. Then, it's the real fish eat smaller fish pond. Pray that your team are the bigger fish than your opponent.

That's understandable. Still, I don't want to be the person that needs to get carried every game, as it makes the game a lot less enjoyable. I was kinda hoping the SBMM wouldn't be putting me against people this much better than me, especially right out of the gates

Then you need to wait until the Devs fix it.

I just stay here for 3 more months, if they don't fix it, then I'm just gonna move on to next game with better matchmaking.

I mean, it is what it is.

[Aimee]

Originally posted by Sarinh:

Can't say I'm surprised to see this comment, was bound to be at least one person

Just block them, most people on the forum have at this point.
This guy is our local forum troll, picking fights with everyone and if there is nothing to fight about the guy makes up stories that noone ever mentioned.
Not worth the time to interact with.

Originally posted by Sarinh:

So i started last night, played maybe half a dozen games. Everything was fine, the matchmaking was fine, everything felt reasonable for a new player. Ended up getting on this morning, as well as periodically throughout the day, and just could not get into any queues that i could do even okay-ish in. Maybe the game just hasn't quite adjusted yet, but I'm not sure otherwise.

Could be that the game noticed you Won very easly in the first few games and put you in a few harder matches to measure your skill level for now. Or it could just be tough luck and players that are your skill level just happend to play very good in those few games on the enemy teams.
Performance from noone is consistent, and people have good and bad days after all.

I cant currently recommend Ranked, since there is no skill based matchmaking there. You get put into games with people of the same rank, regardless if they are new players or pro players who just havent ranked up yet. But ofcourse your experience might varry.

Right now i would focus on Challenge and get familiar with the game. You can play Team Death Match for fast combat and aimtraining, Escort for a more objective based gamemode thats more calm but has time restraints. Or Demolition if you want to get into the very competitive part of the game. Team arena is just a shooting gallery, alright for aimtraining when you want to test characters or weapons out, but otherwise wont learn you anything.

I hope your future matches are better and you get the chance to learn and enjoy it more.

[Sarinh]

Originally posted by Aimee:

Originally posted by Sarinh:

Can't say I'm surprised to see this comment, was bound to be at least one person

Just block them, most people on the forum have at this point.
This guy is our local forum troll, picking fights with everyone and if there is nothing to fight about the guy makes up stories that noone ever mentioned.
Not worth the time to interact with.

Originally posted by Sarinh:

So i started last night, played maybe half a dozen games. Everything was fine, the matchmaking was fine, everything felt reasonable for a new player. Ended up getting on this morning, as well as periodically throughout the day, and just could not get into any queues that i could do even okay-ish in. Maybe the game just hasn't quite adjusted yet, but I'm not sure otherwise.

Could be that the game noticed you Won very easly in the first few games and put you in a few harder matches to measure your skill level for now. Or it could just be tough luck and players that are your skill level just happend to play very good in those few games on the enemy teams.
Performance from noone is consistent, and people have good and bad days after all.

I cant currently recommend Ranked, since there is no skill based matchmaking there. You get put into games with people of the same rank, regardless if they are new players or pro players who just havent ranked up yet. But ofcourse your experience might varry.

Right now i would focus on Challenge and get familiar with the game. You can play Team Death Match for fast combat and aimtraining, Escort for a more objective based gamemode thats more calm but has time restraints. Or Demolition if you want to get into the very competitive part of the game. Team arena is just a shooting gallery, alright for aimtraining when you want to test characters or weapons out, but otherwise wont learn you anything.

I hope your future matches are better and you get the chance to learn and enjoy it more.

It's possible, I wouldn't even say i won those first matches very easily but i understand what you mean. I'd like to keep going, until it gets a bit easier for me.
That being said, I just figured out how to specifically sort which game modes i want to play, I was wondering about that, since I've never been a fan of any sort of payload/escort game modes, but being a valorant player, i really liked demolition.
Anyways, thanks for your time, I'll keep up the grind, hopefully get into some better lobbies and everything will start to feel smoother.

[Malamasala]

If it matches people based on skill then that is what it does. You probably just got the usual "People who had a bad day" on your team and the other team had "People popping off". I can play great and terrible the same day, so it is mostly random. So I assume the matchmaker just puts me where I belong, in the bottom.